Max

As to litter – why not a team of litter wardens with the power to hand out on the spot €100 fines. This has worked in some cities in the UK – notably Leicester.

And to the problem of urine – although I condemn the way that some people relieve themselves, may be some public toilets might not go amiss.

The bottom section always looks to me as if it has been covered with a protective material which has been torn off, leaving patches of the material remaining. I am at a loss to understand what the artistic intention (of this bottom section) was.
The whole creation looks great from a distance (say from the bridge or Mary and Henry Streets) but the closer one gets the more disappointing it becomes.
Like the London Dome, my feeling always has been that the best way to celebrate the Millenium would have been to have created homes for the homeless, giving no more reason for beggers to be seen annoying the general public on the streets. Or am I being too simplistic?

There is also one in the Abbey foyer. It should be safe there. I doubt if the ‘yobs’ know of the theatre’s existance.

There are a few on the south side of the Green, one of which is used as a container for an ice-cream vendor. I wonder what beef ice-cream tastes like?

As a PS to my last posting, can any kind soul tell me who designed the sculpture at the Parnell Street end of Moore Street?

I love Moore Street – it is one of the few none-tourist areas left. I buy my lunch fruit there every day. And what lovely tiles outside Buckleys. It is also of historic importance (1916). By the way what has happen to the plaque commemorating The O’Rahilly?